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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-01-28

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-01-28 page 1

OHIO-STATE LIBRARY, 1909 COLUMBUS. OHIO. WEATHER Fair" Thursday; Friday probably showers. VOUR WANTS can be quickly and satisfactorily supplied by telling the1 public through the Ohio State Journal Classified Columns. Call Bell Main 8200. Citizen 11161. yOU can secure many bargains, save time and make lots of money by watching and reading each day the Classified Ads of the Ohio State Journal. NINETY-NINTH YEAR. - No. 28. COLUMBUS. OHIO. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28. 1909. OHIO STATE PRICE Oh In Oraatcr Cttinba. at all ataar svlsta. LIBRARY, igpg- PHHT HI PROJECTS ARCHES IN WEST BROAD ST., AND LIGHTS ON BRIDGE GRlif&kUVtfm.AgMQ.huO IS DEAD W.H.MILLER, -c" OH STEEL BENOIT-CONSTANT COQUELIN. DEATH CLAIMS OVERRIDES HIS UfrSEdElMT DEAL FRENCH ACTOR A. m i f v - it. r 1 Mr. Roosevelt Has Air the Evidence and Senate Committee Can't Get It. LAW SEEMS PLAIN Chairman Clark Hears Absorption of Tennessee Company Was Just High Finance. -. tBr Auorlttcd Preu to Stat Journal 1 - .. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. President Roosevelt has in his possession all the information gathered by Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith of the bureau of - corporations relative to the merger of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company with the United States Bteel corpora- . tion. . Members of the special commit tee on Judiciary, which is charged by the senate . with the investigation of the authority of law under, which the president permitted the merger, be lieve they are entitled to the data, but they ' do not ' know how they are to get it..,-v- ' ;.;V i . Under provisions of the act creating the department of. commerce and labor, the commissioner of corporations is empowered to gather two classes of data concerning corporations engaged In Interstate commerce. One class is of a general character and the other in of a confidential character, which may be made public in the discretion of the president.. ". Several days, ago Commissioner Smith was. called be fore the committee, and he testified that he had not procured any informa tion for the president under the latter provision. Tnls being true, the mem R&Sij of the committee have taken the i4id that they are entitled to receive irtch data concerning the Tennessee concern as he has gathered. Mr. Smith declined to furnish such information. Anticipating a demand for this In formation uDOh. the' secretary of com merce and labon .President Roosevelt called for and received au in me oohrietrted with 'the case. ; The Judiciary committee considered a resolution directing Secretary .Straus to send such information to the committee as had been procured under , the authority given the commissioner to Inquire into matters ot a. general character concerning corporations. ' ' " ' It Is likely that this resolution wilt be .adopted. No decision has been reached to recall Commissioner Smith s a witness. It Is regarded as prob able ' that if he , should be sub . penaed he would decline to testify by direction or tne president, who is understood to have taken the position that. the data Is of a confidential char acter, notwithstanding the fact that it was not procured for the purpose of "suggesting legislation," as provided by the act creating the department of , commerce and labor. V Question About Subpenat. Another Important question before the Judiciary committee has been its tiMhority to subpena witnesses; The. y&SiWtion adopted by the senate does not give this authority to the committee but the- chairman, Senator Clark of Wyoming, has ruled that the com-, mtttee possesses general authority and . specific. permission under such a resolution as was adopted in the merger case is not required. v A subpena has been served : upon ' George W. Perkins of New York, manager of the banking house of J. Pier- pont Morgan & Co., to appear before the committee on Friday. ; Subpenas have not yet been issued for H. C. Frlck.i or Judge E. H. Gary of the United States Steel corporation. It was they who presented to President Roosevelt during the recent financial stringency, the alleged necessity of permitting the Steel corporation to buy the stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company and merge the two concerns In order to save financial institutions which carried a majority of the stock of the .Tennessee concern. Senator Clark has received ; from various sources letters declaring' that the Tennessee stock was procured by : certain men for the sole purpose of selling it .to the Steel corporation and that the whole transaction was in the nature of unnecessary stock jobbing. BRISTOW HITS HARRIMAN Says His - Action in Alton Case Was Criminal. . - (IBy Associated Freaa to State Journal. TOPEKA, Ka-i., Jan. 27. -In accepting the United States senatorship from Kansas, formally voted to him by the legislature ;' today, Senator Joseph I Brlstow assailed - the methods used by E. Hi Harrlman and his associates in the Alton case as "criminal" and declared "the men who are guilty of such high-handed operations should face-Imprisonment, for their crimes." " : To correct the law : which permits tuch evils, Mr. Brlstow declared, would be one -of the ends to which he would work in the senate.' After going into the details of the methods used In the case E. ' H. Harrlman, Mortimer I Kchiff, George-J. Gould and James Stlllman, he declared: i 'The laws of our country should regard the financial methods employed in the Alton case as criminal and the men "Who are guilty; of such highhanded operations should face Imprisonment for - their crimes." . YeC today these captains of high finance are making -a determined effort to prevent the enactment of legislation that will take from them-their opportunities for , plunder, and to do. this they, buy or subsidize newspapers, employ able attorneys to look after their, political ln-tevTvs and by false representation try UrWrganlze their employes into political association that will be obedient to their- demands. They seek to destroy every-man In public life who is not subservient to-, their wishes. . They are especially interested in the control of the United States senate and the federal Judiciary." v Infant Emperor Has Smallpox. LONDON, Jan. 18. Cabling from Pokln, the correspondent of The Times says that the Infant Chinese emperor u suaenng rrom smallpox. Prvsident - of the Wt'Hv Miller 'company, SO West Broad street, is qiven much oredit for the formation of a federation of the district biaifles fneo' organisations ef the Arch City, Ha presided at the preliminary masting, where all ware his guests. He is president of the West Broad Street Business Men's association, whioh is now . erecting arches arid artistio lamps on the Broad street bridge. ,'The cut gives the design of the arch selected and of the lamp posts on the bridge. MOURNED AS DEftD, BUT TURNS UP MUCH ALIVE Old Soldier, Believed Dead and 1 Buried, Surprises Acquaintances by Walking Into House. tSpeclal TeUs-re.ni to State Journal. CADIZ, Jan. 27. Leslie Barcroft, an old soldier who was . supposed to ; be dead and buried a month ago, walked into Cadiz this morning-to the astonishment of many persons who know him well. - Word was received from Union City, Ind., Christmas day that a man named Leslie Barcroft had died very suddenly -at Milton, a town near that place, and asked what should be done with the body. . His two sisters, Misses Helen and Ellaa Barcroft of Cadiz were con sulted, and they communicated with Mr. Barcroft's daughter, Mrs. Carrie Henry of Cincinnati, and it was de cided that the daughter should attend the funeral. Mr. Barcroft having been a rather wild sort of a fellow, having tramped all- over the country, and his daughter not having seen him within her recollection, a description of the man was furnished, and Mrs. Henry went to Milton. Ind.. and the body was given a respectable burial. Nothing was known of the mistake until the real Mr. Barcroft walked Into town here today. The officials In Indiana win e asked to make an effort to identify the man that was buried, and Mrs. Henry will probably ask the officials to stand the expense of the funeral, since it has developed that she wag not bury ing her father. There was no other Leslie tsarcron in this section, and it is a puzzle to the people here to know how sucn a mistake occurred. , - - HOT TIME FOR WILKIE Congressmen Mentioned by Pres ident Go After Secret Chief. By Associated Press to Stale Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. One of the most thrilling hearings of this session took place this afternoon In the rooms of the house committee on appropria tions, when - the ' ' subcommittee In charge of the drafting of the sundry civil appropriation : bill had; Chief Wilkle of the secret, .service on the witness stand. . He . was freely questioned by the members whose names have figured in the secret service controversy with, the president. Mr. Wilkle objected to the limitation of, his service to counterfeit cases. ; . It was brought out that although the limitation placed on the expenditure of the money for secret service lust year in the appropriation' bill reduced the number of men employed by the secret service under Chief Wilkle by nine, those same nine men were placed on the rolls of the department of justice. TVe secret service In the department of Justice was described as con. slsting of 26 , men in addition to the nine. - i ':. '; -.- Chief WHkle stated that counterfeiting had Increased rapidly during the recent financial stringency, and that there was mucn need df.au increase1 to 1 36,000 of the appropriation of U6V 000 oi last year.. WA i-Y y: - ; LADS ASSAULT "TEACHER Runaways from Industrial School Captured After Hard Fight . Special Teiegram to State Journal. , LANCASTER, Jan. 27. C. C. Mc-Cllntork, a teacher at the Boys', indus trial school. Is. In ''the .hospital at the institution as the result of an attack by two runaway boys. The assailants were Fritz, Berndt, received I rom Columbus, for, larceny, and Richard. Sude katus, received from Toledo for burglary. : They made a desperate assault on the teacher with atones and clubs. His revolver, which was not loaded, was taken from him.- ' 1 The boys regained their liberty, but were caught again this afternoon by a party of farmers ana were: forced to surrender, arter another battle. L1 , SAY5 DB. ELIDT Educator Asserts There Should Be More Marriages ,-Among Highly Educated. . By.AsBoclated Preen to State Journal (NEW YORK, Jan. 27. In the opinion of Dr. Charles W.' Eliot, retiring president of ' Harvard university, too few college women marry. !. He expressed this view in an address today at the annual ; luncheon at the. Hotel Gotham of the Brearley league, the alumnae association1 of the, Brearley school 'for young .women , in, this city. A considerable' part of his address was in answer to his query, "Does a higher education impair- a.' woman's chance of getting married?"-; Dr. Eliot said: "We have come, to see- that health is Improved, if anything,, by higher edu cation. Further,, it has been shown in thousands of cases that young women are as capable as young men to under take man's studies. "Are the prospects; of marriage In terfered with -by college? Certainly not. by going to college..; Twenty-five years ago the sort of women wlio went to college were not the most attractive physically, however they may have been-mentally, but now all is changed. You find the same diversity in the col leges among women as everywhere else. 1 "Nevertheless, too small a proportion ot college women marry. ' In the evening Dr. Eliot was present at a dinner at. the Harvard club given by Its president, Austen O. Fox. Dr. Eliot bade an official farewell to all Harvard men, of whom more than 600 were present.,.;;,,: . ;,.., Minister Charged With Slander. POSTORIA, Jan. 27. The filing by Attorney T. p., Johnston, at. Tiffin, this afternoon, vof a suit for $10,000 for Mrs. Alta Earle . against Rev. V. P. Welch, Is a sequel to the trouble In the Apos tolus , church last fall, which culminated 'In a suit enjoining Rev. Mr. Welch from . performing the duties of pastor of the church and-to prevent the governing y board from performing the duties 'Of a Intrallv nnnfltnt.l hnnnl Mrs. Earl alleges slander, . . I ISSUE PROTEST AGAINST 'Prohibitionists Say Use of Wine Is in Defiance of Martyred President's Principles. fBy Aseoelatea Preu to Statu Journal. I-HICAQO,. Jan. 27. The national Prohibition party headquarters tonight issued a protest against what it calls the "booze banquet"--"to..: be held at Springfield, 111., on Feb.: 12, in celebration of the centennial of President Lin coln; It says that the decision of the committee to use wine at the banquet is ins defiance of the martyred president's principles. ; At the banquet, It was announced. many prominent speakers, including several foreign ambassadors, are to be present. ' As showing President's Lincoln's antipathy to the use of wines and liquors, the Prohibitionist protest quotes an extract of Lincoln's speech made at his home at Springfield June 19, 1860, in the presence of the committee from the convention which named him for president. The extract Is as follows: "Gentlemen, we must pledge our mutual health in the most healthy beverage ' which God has given to man. It is the only beverage I have ever used or allowed in my family, and I cannot conscientiously depart from it on the present occasion. It is pure Adam's ale from the spring." All present then stood up and drank cups of cold water. It is tijen stated that Mr. Lincoln afterwards frequently voiced his dislike for liquor, and once stated, "The next great question after reconstruction will be the overthrow of the liquor traffic." Eugene W. Chafin, who was the Prohibition candidate for president in the recent election, said: "It would be singularly inappropriate to serve wine at a Lincoln memorial banquet at Lincoln's own home.". LEG-AND SHOE IN WHALE Part of Body of Earthquake Victim Found in Strange Way. . By Asioclated Praia to State Journal. MESSINA, Jan. 27. The work of ex cavating among the ruins of Messina goes on without cessation. Many bodies are discovered daily, but all are unrecognizable. Slight earth shocks continue here and at Regglo, though none has resulted in serious damage. An . enormous whale has been cap tured on the coast at Catania and in Its stomacn was found the leg of a man with a shoe on the foot. The shoe Indicated that it had been worn by an Italian sailor, who probably was a vlc-time of the great tidal wave following the earthquake of Dec. 28. fProm" Wearies Taft's Son. . NEW HAVEN, Jan. 27. It was stat ed at the Yale Infirmary today that Robert A. Taft of the junior academic class at Yale and a son of thepresident-elect, was Vlmproved.'V It was explained -that he was not ,111, but following the activities of the Yale "prom," had gone there to rest. He' will leave the infirmary in a day or two,, ,. Coquelin Succumbs to Embol ism, from Which He Had Long Been a Sufferer. WIDELY MOURNED Was Soon to Appear in ' "The Chanticleer," Edmond Rostand's New Play. By AFiorlated Preri to State Journal. PARIS. Jan. 27. Benoit-C'onftant Coquelin, the great French actor, whose culminating triumph has been awaited in Edmond . Rostand's "The Chanticleer," which is now being re hearsed, died last night atPont-aux-Damee, Seine-et-Marne. The death of Coquelin Is an incalculable loss to the French stage. Only a' few days ago M. Rostand, who recently has been giving the finishing touches to "The Chanticleer," arrived In Paris from Camdo, and he was ready to begin the rehearsals of the play, in which Coquelin, who had the leading role, was expected to duplicate his famous success obtained in Rostand's "Cyrano De Bergerac." M. Coquelin succumbed suddenly, at midnight, to an acute attack of embolism, from which he long had been a sufferer. The French press pays a high tribute to the genius of M. Coquelin, whom It considers to have been one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age. Almost all the papers recall his last success in Sardou's "The Poison Af fair.".. .. l , The Temps says: "M. Coquelin will be mourned by everyone; by the authors, of whom he was the brilliant interpreter; by the public, of whom he was the idol; by the great and humble, and by poor actors, of whom ho was the benefactor." The funeral of M. Conuelin will be held Jan. 29. On behalf of President Fallieres, ' M. Varenne, the president's' secretary, left tonight for - Port aux Dames to pay his last respects to the remains of the distinguished actor. The luneraa will- be -held 'Friday atPort aux .Dames, M. Coquelin. having expressed a desire to be buried in the cemetery of the home for aged actors, of which institution he was the originator and in which his , heart was wrapped up. Edmond Rostand, the poet and playwright, arrived at Pont-Aux-Dames this evening. He Is heartbroken over the death of M. Coquelin. . He went Immediately to the house .. where .the dead actor lay, entered the death chamber and remained a long time gazing sadly at the features of the great Interpreter, whom he cherished as a warm friend. The body of M. Coquelin will be Interred temporarily In the local cemetery pending the necessary authorization to place it in the mausoleum on the grounds of the actor's home. Benoit-Constant Coquelin, known as Coquelin Alne, was the best known actor' oh the French stage. . He was born at Boulogne-su-Mer Jan. 23, 1841, the son of a baker. Deciding to go on the stage, he- was admitted to the conservatory. In 1859. He secured the first prize, in comedy in 1860. He made his debut at the ("nmedie Fran-caise the same year, and from 1860 to 1886 he created no less than 44 Darts. He left the Comedie Francaise in 1S86 and toured Europe , and America. In tne united states he had a great success. , , In 1890 he returned to the Comedie Francaise as a pensionnaire.. He created his famous part, Cyrano De Bergerac, in 1897. He made a grand tour of America with Sarah Bernhardt In 1900, and reappeared with her in "L'Aiglon," In Paris, in 1901. Of ro-cent years he had been playing "Cyrano De Bergerac" and other roles in London. The severity of M. Coquelin's Illness dates from the-early part of January. His illness wag diagnosed as angina pectoris. Rostand's "Chanticleer" was completed last summer and the world rights were purchased for 50,000. Arrangements had been concluded for the simultaneous production of the play In Paris, New York and London, and it was expected that. M. Coquelin would personally direct the rehearsals. In this new play Rostand presents his characters in the guise of wild and do. mestic fowls, animals and birds. MESSENGER BREAKS ARM So Montana's Vote Is Delayed in Reaching Washington. TBjr Aaenclated Preaa to .t Journal.l WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Vice Pres ident Fairbanks today received a telegram from Charles S. Warren, the Montana messenger charged with the duty of bringing the electoral vote of that state to Washington, saying that his failure to arrive within the period of time allotted by law was due to the fact that he had broken his arm. Nothing has been heard from the messenger from Oregon. Inasmuch as copies of the electoral vote statement had been received from both of these states by mail, the messengers will not be subjected to the J1000 penalty for falure to reach Washington prior to Jan. 25. King's Son Sings in Cafe. BUDAPEST, Jan. 27. George Christie, son of former King Milan of Servla, and at one time a claimant to the Servian throne, has accepted an engagement to sing in a loaal cafe for $10 a day. King Milan abdicated in favor of his son Alexander, who was assassinated in 1903. Milan- died in 1901. - Bodies, Believed in Ruins. " (YOUNQSTOWN, Jan. 27. The bodies of John Mink and Daniel Murphy, Inmates of the county infirmary at Can-field, at the time of the fire on Jan.. 21, are' now believed to be in the ruins! iso trace oreitner man nas Been found Tiji wmflr inf. rlpA.rlnir ft-urav V. ....!-... ..v ,. v, v., i a "j, uiiim vi me uui.iou uuiiumi win uenn. 10- morrow . , , , V . M -' tir. , .1 f.r,., mm Coquelin was the most widely known famous part was that of PATTERSON IK Governor Challenges Those Who Would Connect Him With Carmack. Murder. Invites Action by Court in Sen-ate DefendsAnti-Prohibition Attitude. tSpeclal Telegram to State Journal. NASHVILLE, Tenn.Jan. 27. In his Inaugural address today. Governor Patterson flung a challenge to those who have Intimated that he, because of his opposition to the late Senator Car-mack in, politics, . was indirectly responsible for the murder -of the latter. "I am conscious,"' he said, "that throughout the state men have re peated slanders, that some newspapers have circulated cruel and false charges and have even gone so far as to connect me with a tragedy which 1 deplore far more than many who have sought to make out -of it a political asset and to use it as a motive and incentive for unwise, undemocratic and destructive legislation "So far as the injustice of all this relates'.. to me' as an individual,; or the pain it ruthlessly and mercilessly Inflicts, it is of no concern to the public, but, as governor, the 'people of Tenn essee have-a right to have; the office respected and my service in an official capacity not impaired by false and repeated accusations. ".; V "If in any way, directly or remotely, I have sought to encompass the death of a fellow man, I am deserving of every stigma that gentlemen may place upon me, of every Indignity and punishment which law and society can inflict, for I am the governor of the state, clothed with the power to pardon, and the charge, : therefore, involves the basest and blackest turpitude. "I make the issue in the only way I can, and I now-invite any legal action in the courts or in the senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, to determine the . truth or falsity of any charge that would render me unfit to be the governor of Tennessee.' If the charges are not preferred, or if they are and fall, I believe I am entitled to l ask, for the peace and honor of the state ana in tne name or decency, mat this reckless defamation shall cease." ' Deplores Prohibition Movement. Regarding the prohibition question, the governor said: ,' . "The legislature has seen fit to disregard one important and essential promise, . which guaranteed self-government to those communities in Tennessee-where liquor is sold, and to reverse the policy of more than a hundred years by enacting laws forbidding the manufacture and sale of liquor in this state. '; , "Part of this legislation has been accomplished over my-protest as governor, and if It is completed, It will be over my continued objection, for I am not willing for the state to occupy the questionable 'and humiliating attitude of inviting her citizens to invest their capital In enterprises which, when done, are to be destroyed by an act of the state. . "It Is regrettable that this difference of opinion and obligation : to party pledges has existed between the legislature and the governor, but if the members have their own approval for this radical and sweeping legislation, I also have mine, believing that the rule of consent is better than the rule of force, and that when I disapproved of setting aside an ancient and estab- ... i . . . . . i .. . . . iiMnvti ill I ijiti Mm ill M n vfi-i inuni 1 ...nu acting ror tne uemooratic party and for the best interests of the people." : i .. actor on the French stage. His most Cyrano de Bergerac. WEAR MORE CARNATIONS Interest in Celebration of Mc- ;; Kinley's Birthday Cirows. . ; tSpeclal Telegram to State Journa'.l UAY'iON, Jan. 27. "Never before has there been such widespread interest in the observance of "Carnation day, which will be celebrated through i"B country next Fricay" says Lewis G. Reynolds He Is arranging ;?r,-,th,e commemoration of President McKlniey's birthday by the general wearing of the late president's favorite flower. Mr. Reynolds Is the founder and president of the SfcKinley Carnation league of America and says the approaching inauguration of another president from Ohio nas aroused renewed Interest in the commemoration me mcjviniey Dirtnaay. T DIES AT WAPAKQNETA Prof. 'Haupert, Candidate for School Commissioner Suc cumbs to Bright's Disease." tSpeclal Telegram to State Joutwi.1. WAPAKONETA, Jan.. 27. Charles Haupert, -i well-known educator, died here this evening1 from bright's dis ease, aggravated by -an attack of ptomaine poisoning three weeks ago. He was 5 Q years olrt.l , Professor ' Haupert was sunerln tendent of the; public schools here for the past two years, superintendent of scnoois at wooster 14 years and previous to that superintendent at New i-nnaaeipnia and Dennison for 11 years. He was a state school num. iner for six -years, county examiner, Institute lecturer and widely known tnruub'iiuui tne state, and was a can didate ; on the , ticket with Governor rainson, ior state school commis loner.. - ."" ..": -- " . ' His devotion- to , his work peclally in organizing the new Blume .mgn scnooi nere, hastened his death. He leaves a wife and three children. Five brothers also survive him. COMPROMISE ON TROOPS Roosevelt , and Foraker Approve Brownsville. Plan. 'I tBy Associated Press to State Journal. ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 Senate leaders have drafted a bill for the settlement of the Brownsville question, wnicn meets wltn the approval of President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker.; - -' '' " . "! It provides for the appointment of a commission of general officers to consider all applications of the discharged negro soldiers for re-enlistment. The conclusions of the commission are not to be final, but must be submitted to the war department for review. In the event the commission finds that there Is no evidence to applicant for re-enlistment with the Brownsville affray, the applicant is to be restored to service In the army. The bill has not yet been made public. RIDER'S CASE WITH JURY Opinions of Jurors Widely Di vergent in Marshall Case. fBr Aeeoclated Preaa te State Journal.l UNION CITY. Tenn., Jan. 27. At 11 tonight announcement was made , to Judge Jones that no report could be expected from the Jury considering the case of Ed Marshall, alleged night rider, charged with murder.in connec tion with lynching of Capt. Quentln Rahken, before tomorrow. i; After deliberating for six hours, it is! stated that the opinKVns of the hirers as to the innocence or guilt of the ac-' cused man are widely divergent,: , President Names Commission to Make Suggestions After Newberry Issues Order. ACTION SURPRISE Roosevelt and Conferees Had Given Newberry's Plan Their. Entire Approval. tBy AeocIated Prena to State Journal J WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.PrMn Roosevelt is of the onlnlon that th organization of the navy department ia mn sucn as to bring the . best remila and today he appointed a committee. nose duty will be to "consider per. tain needs of the navy." The Dresl- dent's action was somewhat of a sur prise in view of the fact llul th. embers of the commission aDDolnted today, two weeks ago met at Washington and indorsed Secretary Newberry's plan of reorganization, and in lew also of the authorization bv the senate of an inquiry Into naval ex- enaitures, the conduct of business and the need,. If any, of legislation to improve the administration nf the nw department. Secretary Newberry today issued an order carrying out his proposed plan, with particular reference to the navy-yards, and he appeared to be the most surjlrlsed of all. His first information on the subject came to him from the press. . - The president has sent identical letters to each of the eight members of the commission, which is headed by i-aui Morton, a former 8rrtrv of the navy, the other memW h ring Justice Moody, aleo a former sacrctary ui tne navy; Judge A. G. Cayton, formerly chairman of the house naval affairs committee, and Rear; Admirals S. B. Luce, A. T. Mahan, William M. Folger; -Rebley t. Evans' and William ..l-ow es' a11 whom.1 are on the retired list. .... , . Letter to Commission Members. The letter Is as follows: '' . January 27, 1909. My Dear Sir: I have appointed you as a member of a. commission to consider certain needs of the navy. The organization of the department is not now such as to bring the best results, and there is a failure to co-ordinate the work of the bureaus and to make the department serve the one end for which It was created, that is, the development and handling of a first-class fighting fleet. With this . proposition in view, I will ask you to consider: il Ali, deferts In the law under wh icli the navy department is now organlied, including especially the defects by which the authority of cmefs of oureaus is made in certain respects practically equal to that of the secretary or the president. t. Ihe division of responsibility and consequent lack ofco-ordination in the preparations for war and conduct of war. : " 3. The functions of . certain bureaus, as to see whether it isv not possible to consolidate them. 4. The necessity of providing the secretary of tne navy with military advisers, who ana responsible to lilm for co-ordinating the work ' of the bureaus and for preparation for war. Military Character Recognised. 6. The necessity for economical allotment and disbursement of appropriations and for a system whioh will insure strict accountability. . 6. Finally, I want your views as to how oeat o recognize and emphasize the strictly military character of the navy, so that preparations for war shall be controlled under the secretary by the military branch of the navy, which bears the responsibility for the successful conduct of war operations. . 1 wish to have the above BUblects considered , under two general heads?' First, as to the fundamental principles of an organization that will insure an efficient preparation ' for war in time of peace, a separate report under this head to be submitted at the earliest practicable date. Second, specific recommendations as to the changes In the present organization that will accomplish this result, the report under this ,Ued to submitted later. In addition to the aaove reports, I desire your recommendation as to the number, location and general facilities of the navyyards which. ations in time of war and for maintaining the fleet in constant readiness for war In time of peace. Sincerely yours, , THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Preceding bv several houna the Ident's announcement wna fha feas ance of a general order by Secretary Newberry, which had been approved by the president, designed to carry Into effect the secretary's naval reorganl-. aaHnn rtlnna sn fa.r ntt thev naitaln ia the navyyards and naval stations. us general purporx is to consolidate the manufAnturlnar fnrra at tin wira rr). and its effect will be to make the commandant, while as heretofore, paramount, resemble In his connection with yaro. worn, me prestaeni or a large tnrinntrlnl r1fl.nt the nrtnstnn! tAi-hhl-; cal assistant becoming, under the com mandant, tne general manager. Newberry Explains Plan. Canpatnrv' N'BWhprrr rtnilflv Wis public, an elaborate explanation of his plan for reorganization of the navy department, which recently , received tVia nnufilmniifl onnrnvnl rf a r..n f j ence of men who have been prominent In naval affairs, called together at the direction of the president. Aa has already been stated, the essential features contemplate the abolishment of the brueau system at the navyyards, . to the end that unnecessary work may be avoided and simpler methods of administration prevail, ' the enlargement of the general board of the navy and the reorganization of the board on construction, so that there may be more 1 complete co-ordination In the work ot the navy department and more general representation on these important boards.. . .-iv. -..'..v t ; To develop the vsefulnesr and activities of the general board by rearranging Its membership is desirable, Mr. consist of the admiral of the navy, the

OHIO-STATE LIBRARY, 1909 COLUMBUS. OHIO. WEATHER Fair" Thursday; Friday probably showers. VOUR WANTS can be quickly and satisfactorily supplied by telling the1 public through the Ohio State Journal Classified Columns. Call Bell Main 8200. Citizen 11161. yOU can secure many bargains, save time and make lots of money by watching and reading each day the Classified Ads of the Ohio State Journal. NINETY-NINTH YEAR. - No. 28. COLUMBUS. OHIO. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28. 1909. OHIO STATE PRICE Oh In Oraatcr Cttinba. at all ataar svlsta. LIBRARY, igpg- PHHT HI PROJECTS ARCHES IN WEST BROAD ST., AND LIGHTS ON BRIDGE GRlif&kUVtfm.AgMQ.huO IS DEAD W.H.MILLER, -c" OH STEEL BENOIT-CONSTANT COQUELIN. DEATH CLAIMS OVERRIDES HIS UfrSEdElMT DEAL FRENCH ACTOR A. m i f v - it. r 1 Mr. Roosevelt Has Air the Evidence and Senate Committee Can't Get It. LAW SEEMS PLAIN Chairman Clark Hears Absorption of Tennessee Company Was Just High Finance. -. tBr Auorlttcd Preu to Stat Journal 1 - .. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. President Roosevelt has in his possession all the information gathered by Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith of the bureau of - corporations relative to the merger of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company with the United States Bteel corpora- . tion. . Members of the special commit tee on Judiciary, which is charged by the senate . with the investigation of the authority of law under, which the president permitted the merger, be lieve they are entitled to the data, but they ' do not ' know how they are to get it..,-v- ' ;.;V i . Under provisions of the act creating the department of. commerce and labor, the commissioner of corporations is empowered to gather two classes of data concerning corporations engaged In Interstate commerce. One class is of a general character and the other in of a confidential character, which may be made public in the discretion of the president.. ". Several days, ago Commissioner Smith was. called be fore the committee, and he testified that he had not procured any informa tion for the president under the latter provision. Tnls being true, the mem R&Sij of the committee have taken the i4id that they are entitled to receive irtch data concerning the Tennessee concern as he has gathered. Mr. Smith declined to furnish such information. Anticipating a demand for this In formation uDOh. the' secretary of com merce and labon .President Roosevelt called for and received au in me oohrietrted with 'the case. ; The Judiciary committee considered a resolution directing Secretary .Straus to send such information to the committee as had been procured under , the authority given the commissioner to Inquire into matters ot a. general character concerning corporations. ' ' " ' It Is likely that this resolution wilt be .adopted. No decision has been reached to recall Commissioner Smith s a witness. It Is regarded as prob able ' that if he , should be sub . penaed he would decline to testify by direction or tne president, who is understood to have taken the position that. the data Is of a confidential char acter, notwithstanding the fact that it was not procured for the purpose of "suggesting legislation," as provided by the act creating the department of , commerce and labor. V Question About Subpenat. Another Important question before the Judiciary committee has been its tiMhority to subpena witnesses; The. y&SiWtion adopted by the senate does not give this authority to the committee but the- chairman, Senator Clark of Wyoming, has ruled that the com-, mtttee possesses general authority and . specific. permission under such a resolution as was adopted in the merger case is not required. v A subpena has been served : upon ' George W. Perkins of New York, manager of the banking house of J. Pier- pont Morgan & Co., to appear before the committee on Friday. ; Subpenas have not yet been issued for H. C. Frlck.i or Judge E. H. Gary of the United States Steel corporation. It was they who presented to President Roosevelt during the recent financial stringency, the alleged necessity of permitting the Steel corporation to buy the stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company and merge the two concerns In order to save financial institutions which carried a majority of the stock of the .Tennessee concern. Senator Clark has received ; from various sources letters declaring' that the Tennessee stock was procured by : certain men for the sole purpose of selling it .to the Steel corporation and that the whole transaction was in the nature of unnecessary stock jobbing. BRISTOW HITS HARRIMAN Says His - Action in Alton Case Was Criminal. . - (IBy Associated Freaa to State Journal. TOPEKA, Ka-i., Jan. 27. -In accepting the United States senatorship from Kansas, formally voted to him by the legislature ;' today, Senator Joseph I Brlstow assailed - the methods used by E. Hi Harrlman and his associates in the Alton case as "criminal" and declared "the men who are guilty of such high-handed operations should face-Imprisonment, for their crimes." " : To correct the law : which permits tuch evils, Mr. Brlstow declared, would be one -of the ends to which he would work in the senate.' After going into the details of the methods used In the case E. ' H. Harrlman, Mortimer I Kchiff, George-J. Gould and James Stlllman, he declared: i 'The laws of our country should regard the financial methods employed in the Alton case as criminal and the men "Who are guilty; of such highhanded operations should face Imprisonment for - their crimes." . YeC today these captains of high finance are making -a determined effort to prevent the enactment of legislation that will take from them-their opportunities for , plunder, and to do. this they, buy or subsidize newspapers, employ able attorneys to look after their, political ln-tevTvs and by false representation try UrWrganlze their employes into political association that will be obedient to their- demands. They seek to destroy every-man In public life who is not subservient to-, their wishes. . They are especially interested in the control of the United States senate and the federal Judiciary." v Infant Emperor Has Smallpox. LONDON, Jan. 18. Cabling from Pokln, the correspondent of The Times says that the Infant Chinese emperor u suaenng rrom smallpox. Prvsident - of the Wt'Hv Miller 'company, SO West Broad street, is qiven much oredit for the formation of a federation of the district biaifles fneo' organisations ef the Arch City, Ha presided at the preliminary masting, where all ware his guests. He is president of the West Broad Street Business Men's association, whioh is now . erecting arches arid artistio lamps on the Broad street bridge. ,'The cut gives the design of the arch selected and of the lamp posts on the bridge. MOURNED AS DEftD, BUT TURNS UP MUCH ALIVE Old Soldier, Believed Dead and 1 Buried, Surprises Acquaintances by Walking Into House. tSpeclal TeUs-re.ni to State Journal. CADIZ, Jan. 27. Leslie Barcroft, an old soldier who was . supposed to ; be dead and buried a month ago, walked into Cadiz this morning-to the astonishment of many persons who know him well. - Word was received from Union City, Ind., Christmas day that a man named Leslie Barcroft had died very suddenly -at Milton, a town near that place, and asked what should be done with the body. . His two sisters, Misses Helen and Ellaa Barcroft of Cadiz were con sulted, and they communicated with Mr. Barcroft's daughter, Mrs. Carrie Henry of Cincinnati, and it was de cided that the daughter should attend the funeral. Mr. Barcroft having been a rather wild sort of a fellow, having tramped all- over the country, and his daughter not having seen him within her recollection, a description of the man was furnished, and Mrs. Henry went to Milton. Ind.. and the body was given a respectable burial. Nothing was known of the mistake until the real Mr. Barcroft walked Into town here today. The officials In Indiana win e asked to make an effort to identify the man that was buried, and Mrs. Henry will probably ask the officials to stand the expense of the funeral, since it has developed that she wag not bury ing her father. There was no other Leslie tsarcron in this section, and it is a puzzle to the people here to know how sucn a mistake occurred. , - - HOT TIME FOR WILKIE Congressmen Mentioned by Pres ident Go After Secret Chief. By Associated Press to Stale Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. One of the most thrilling hearings of this session took place this afternoon In the rooms of the house committee on appropria tions, when - the ' ' subcommittee In charge of the drafting of the sundry civil appropriation : bill had; Chief Wilkle of the secret, .service on the witness stand. . He . was freely questioned by the members whose names have figured in the secret service controversy with, the president. Mr. Wilkle objected to the limitation of, his service to counterfeit cases. ; . It was brought out that although the limitation placed on the expenditure of the money for secret service lust year in the appropriation' bill reduced the number of men employed by the secret service under Chief Wilkle by nine, those same nine men were placed on the rolls of the department of justice. TVe secret service In the department of Justice was described as con. slsting of 26 , men in addition to the nine. - i ':. '; -.- Chief WHkle stated that counterfeiting had Increased rapidly during the recent financial stringency, and that there was mucn need df.au increase1 to 1 36,000 of the appropriation of U6V 000 oi last year.. WA i-Y y: - ; LADS ASSAULT "TEACHER Runaways from Industrial School Captured After Hard Fight . Special Teiegram to State Journal. , LANCASTER, Jan. 27. C. C. Mc-Cllntork, a teacher at the Boys', indus trial school. Is. In ''the .hospital at the institution as the result of an attack by two runaway boys. The assailants were Fritz, Berndt, received I rom Columbus, for, larceny, and Richard. Sude katus, received from Toledo for burglary. : They made a desperate assault on the teacher with atones and clubs. His revolver, which was not loaded, was taken from him.- ' 1 The boys regained their liberty, but were caught again this afternoon by a party of farmers ana were: forced to surrender, arter another battle. L1 , SAY5 DB. ELIDT Educator Asserts There Should Be More Marriages ,-Among Highly Educated. . By.AsBoclated Preen to State Journal (NEW YORK, Jan. 27. In the opinion of Dr. Charles W.' Eliot, retiring president of ' Harvard university, too few college women marry. !. He expressed this view in an address today at the annual ; luncheon at the. Hotel Gotham of the Brearley league, the alumnae association1 of the, Brearley school 'for young .women , in, this city. A considerable' part of his address was in answer to his query, "Does a higher education impair- a.' woman's chance of getting married?"-; Dr. Eliot said: "We have come, to see- that health is Improved, if anything,, by higher edu cation. Further,, it has been shown in thousands of cases that young women are as capable as young men to under take man's studies. "Are the prospects; of marriage In terfered with -by college? Certainly not. by going to college..; Twenty-five years ago the sort of women wlio went to college were not the most attractive physically, however they may have been-mentally, but now all is changed. You find the same diversity in the col leges among women as everywhere else. 1 "Nevertheless, too small a proportion ot college women marry. ' In the evening Dr. Eliot was present at a dinner at. the Harvard club given by Its president, Austen O. Fox. Dr. Eliot bade an official farewell to all Harvard men, of whom more than 600 were present.,.;;,,: . ;,.., Minister Charged With Slander. POSTORIA, Jan. 27. The filing by Attorney T. p., Johnston, at. Tiffin, this afternoon, vof a suit for $10,000 for Mrs. Alta Earle . against Rev. V. P. Welch, Is a sequel to the trouble In the Apos tolus , church last fall, which culminated 'In a suit enjoining Rev. Mr. Welch from . performing the duties of pastor of the church and-to prevent the governing y board from performing the duties 'Of a Intrallv nnnfltnt.l hnnnl Mrs. Earl alleges slander, . . I ISSUE PROTEST AGAINST 'Prohibitionists Say Use of Wine Is in Defiance of Martyred President's Principles. fBy Aseoelatea Preu to Statu Journal. I-HICAQO,. Jan. 27. The national Prohibition party headquarters tonight issued a protest against what it calls the "booze banquet"--"to..: be held at Springfield, 111., on Feb.: 12, in celebration of the centennial of President Lin coln; It says that the decision of the committee to use wine at the banquet is ins defiance of the martyred president's principles. ; At the banquet, It was announced. many prominent speakers, including several foreign ambassadors, are to be present. ' As showing President's Lincoln's antipathy to the use of wines and liquors, the Prohibitionist protest quotes an extract of Lincoln's speech made at his home at Springfield June 19, 1860, in the presence of the committee from the convention which named him for president. The extract Is as follows: "Gentlemen, we must pledge our mutual health in the most healthy beverage ' which God has given to man. It is the only beverage I have ever used or allowed in my family, and I cannot conscientiously depart from it on the present occasion. It is pure Adam's ale from the spring." All present then stood up and drank cups of cold water. It is tijen stated that Mr. Lincoln afterwards frequently voiced his dislike for liquor, and once stated, "The next great question after reconstruction will be the overthrow of the liquor traffic." Eugene W. Chafin, who was the Prohibition candidate for president in the recent election, said: "It would be singularly inappropriate to serve wine at a Lincoln memorial banquet at Lincoln's own home.". LEG-AND SHOE IN WHALE Part of Body of Earthquake Victim Found in Strange Way. . By Asioclated Praia to State Journal. MESSINA, Jan. 27. The work of ex cavating among the ruins of Messina goes on without cessation. Many bodies are discovered daily, but all are unrecognizable. Slight earth shocks continue here and at Regglo, though none has resulted in serious damage. An . enormous whale has been cap tured on the coast at Catania and in Its stomacn was found the leg of a man with a shoe on the foot. The shoe Indicated that it had been worn by an Italian sailor, who probably was a vlc-time of the great tidal wave following the earthquake of Dec. 28. fProm" Wearies Taft's Son. . NEW HAVEN, Jan. 27. It was stat ed at the Yale Infirmary today that Robert A. Taft of the junior academic class at Yale and a son of thepresident-elect, was Vlmproved.'V It was explained -that he was not ,111, but following the activities of the Yale "prom," had gone there to rest. He' will leave the infirmary in a day or two,, ,. Coquelin Succumbs to Embol ism, from Which He Had Long Been a Sufferer. WIDELY MOURNED Was Soon to Appear in ' "The Chanticleer," Edmond Rostand's New Play. By AFiorlated Preri to State Journal. PARIS. Jan. 27. Benoit-C'onftant Coquelin, the great French actor, whose culminating triumph has been awaited in Edmond . Rostand's "The Chanticleer," which is now being re hearsed, died last night atPont-aux-Damee, Seine-et-Marne. The death of Coquelin Is an incalculable loss to the French stage. Only a' few days ago M. Rostand, who recently has been giving the finishing touches to "The Chanticleer," arrived In Paris from Camdo, and he was ready to begin the rehearsals of the play, in which Coquelin, who had the leading role, was expected to duplicate his famous success obtained in Rostand's "Cyrano De Bergerac." M. Coquelin succumbed suddenly, at midnight, to an acute attack of embolism, from which he long had been a sufferer. The French press pays a high tribute to the genius of M. Coquelin, whom It considers to have been one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age. Almost all the papers recall his last success in Sardou's "The Poison Af fair.".. .. l , The Temps says: "M. Coquelin will be mourned by everyone; by the authors, of whom he was the brilliant interpreter; by the public, of whom he was the idol; by the great and humble, and by poor actors, of whom ho was the benefactor." The funeral of M. Conuelin will be held Jan. 29. On behalf of President Fallieres, ' M. Varenne, the president's' secretary, left tonight for - Port aux Dames to pay his last respects to the remains of the distinguished actor. The luneraa will- be -held 'Friday atPort aux .Dames, M. Coquelin. having expressed a desire to be buried in the cemetery of the home for aged actors, of which institution he was the originator and in which his , heart was wrapped up. Edmond Rostand, the poet and playwright, arrived at Pont-Aux-Dames this evening. He Is heartbroken over the death of M. Coquelin. . He went Immediately to the house .. where .the dead actor lay, entered the death chamber and remained a long time gazing sadly at the features of the great Interpreter, whom he cherished as a warm friend. The body of M. Coquelin will be Interred temporarily In the local cemetery pending the necessary authorization to place it in the mausoleum on the grounds of the actor's home. Benoit-Constant Coquelin, known as Coquelin Alne, was the best known actor' oh the French stage. . He was born at Boulogne-su-Mer Jan. 23, 1841, the son of a baker. Deciding to go on the stage, he- was admitted to the conservatory. In 1859. He secured the first prize, in comedy in 1860. He made his debut at the ("nmedie Fran-caise the same year, and from 1860 to 1886 he created no less than 44 Darts. He left the Comedie Francaise in 1S86 and toured Europe , and America. In tne united states he had a great success. , , In 1890 he returned to the Comedie Francaise as a pensionnaire.. He created his famous part, Cyrano De Bergerac, in 1897. He made a grand tour of America with Sarah Bernhardt In 1900, and reappeared with her in "L'Aiglon," In Paris, in 1901. Of ro-cent years he had been playing "Cyrano De Bergerac" and other roles in London. The severity of M. Coquelin's Illness dates from the-early part of January. His illness wag diagnosed as angina pectoris. Rostand's "Chanticleer" was completed last summer and the world rights were purchased for 50,000. Arrangements had been concluded for the simultaneous production of the play In Paris, New York and London, and it was expected that. M. Coquelin would personally direct the rehearsals. In this new play Rostand presents his characters in the guise of wild and do. mestic fowls, animals and birds. MESSENGER BREAKS ARM So Montana's Vote Is Delayed in Reaching Washington. TBjr Aaenclated Preaa to .t Journal.l WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Vice Pres ident Fairbanks today received a telegram from Charles S. Warren, the Montana messenger charged with the duty of bringing the electoral vote of that state to Washington, saying that his failure to arrive within the period of time allotted by law was due to the fact that he had broken his arm. Nothing has been heard from the messenger from Oregon. Inasmuch as copies of the electoral vote statement had been received from both of these states by mail, the messengers will not be subjected to the J1000 penalty for falure to reach Washington prior to Jan. 25. King's Son Sings in Cafe. BUDAPEST, Jan. 27. George Christie, son of former King Milan of Servla, and at one time a claimant to the Servian throne, has accepted an engagement to sing in a loaal cafe for $10 a day. King Milan abdicated in favor of his son Alexander, who was assassinated in 1903. Milan- died in 1901. - Bodies, Believed in Ruins. " (YOUNQSTOWN, Jan. 27. The bodies of John Mink and Daniel Murphy, Inmates of the county infirmary at Can-field, at the time of the fire on Jan.. 21, are' now believed to be in the ruins! iso trace oreitner man nas Been found Tiji wmflr inf. rlpA.rlnir ft-urav V. ....!-... ..v ,. v, v., i a "j, uiiim vi me uui.iou uuiiumi win uenn. 10- morrow . , , , V . M -' tir. , .1 f.r,., mm Coquelin was the most widely known famous part was that of PATTERSON IK Governor Challenges Those Who Would Connect Him With Carmack. Murder. Invites Action by Court in Sen-ate DefendsAnti-Prohibition Attitude. tSpeclal Telegram to State Journal. NASHVILLE, Tenn.Jan. 27. In his Inaugural address today. Governor Patterson flung a challenge to those who have Intimated that he, because of his opposition to the late Senator Car-mack in, politics, . was indirectly responsible for the murder -of the latter. "I am conscious,"' he said, "that throughout the state men have re peated slanders, that some newspapers have circulated cruel and false charges and have even gone so far as to connect me with a tragedy which 1 deplore far more than many who have sought to make out -of it a political asset and to use it as a motive and incentive for unwise, undemocratic and destructive legislation "So far as the injustice of all this relates'.. to me' as an individual,; or the pain it ruthlessly and mercilessly Inflicts, it is of no concern to the public, but, as governor, the 'people of Tenn essee have-a right to have; the office respected and my service in an official capacity not impaired by false and repeated accusations. ".; V "If in any way, directly or remotely, I have sought to encompass the death of a fellow man, I am deserving of every stigma that gentlemen may place upon me, of every Indignity and punishment which law and society can inflict, for I am the governor of the state, clothed with the power to pardon, and the charge, : therefore, involves the basest and blackest turpitude. "I make the issue in the only way I can, and I now-invite any legal action in the courts or in the senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, to determine the . truth or falsity of any charge that would render me unfit to be the governor of Tennessee.' If the charges are not preferred, or if they are and fall, I believe I am entitled to l ask, for the peace and honor of the state ana in tne name or decency, mat this reckless defamation shall cease." ' Deplores Prohibition Movement. Regarding the prohibition question, the governor said: ,' . "The legislature has seen fit to disregard one important and essential promise, . which guaranteed self-government to those communities in Tennessee-where liquor is sold, and to reverse the policy of more than a hundred years by enacting laws forbidding the manufacture and sale of liquor in this state. '; , "Part of this legislation has been accomplished over my-protest as governor, and if It is completed, It will be over my continued objection, for I am not willing for the state to occupy the questionable 'and humiliating attitude of inviting her citizens to invest their capital In enterprises which, when done, are to be destroyed by an act of the state. . "It Is regrettable that this difference of opinion and obligation : to party pledges has existed between the legislature and the governor, but if the members have their own approval for this radical and sweeping legislation, I also have mine, believing that the rule of consent is better than the rule of force, and that when I disapproved of setting aside an ancient and estab- ... i . . . . . i .. . . . iiMnvti ill I ijiti Mm ill M n vfi-i inuni 1 ...nu acting ror tne uemooratic party and for the best interests of the people." : i .. actor on the French stage. His most Cyrano de Bergerac. WEAR MORE CARNATIONS Interest in Celebration of Mc- ;; Kinley's Birthday Cirows. . ; tSpeclal Telegram to State Journa'.l UAY'iON, Jan. 27. "Never before has there been such widespread interest in the observance of "Carnation day, which will be celebrated through i"B country next Fricay" says Lewis G. Reynolds He Is arranging ;?r,-,th,e commemoration of President McKlniey's birthday by the general wearing of the late president's favorite flower. Mr. Reynolds Is the founder and president of the SfcKinley Carnation league of America and says the approaching inauguration of another president from Ohio nas aroused renewed Interest in the commemoration me mcjviniey Dirtnaay. T DIES AT WAPAKQNETA Prof. 'Haupert, Candidate for School Commissioner Suc cumbs to Bright's Disease." tSpeclal Telegram to State Joutwi.1. WAPAKONETA, Jan.. 27. Charles Haupert, -i well-known educator, died here this evening1 from bright's dis ease, aggravated by -an attack of ptomaine poisoning three weeks ago. He was 5 Q years olrt.l , Professor ' Haupert was sunerln tendent of the; public schools here for the past two years, superintendent of scnoois at wooster 14 years and previous to that superintendent at New i-nnaaeipnia and Dennison for 11 years. He was a state school num. iner for six -years, county examiner, Institute lecturer and widely known tnruub'iiuui tne state, and was a can didate ; on the , ticket with Governor rainson, ior state school commis loner.. - ."" ..": -- " . ' His devotion- to , his work peclally in organizing the new Blume .mgn scnooi nere, hastened his death. He leaves a wife and three children. Five brothers also survive him. COMPROMISE ON TROOPS Roosevelt , and Foraker Approve Brownsville. Plan. 'I tBy Associated Press to State Journal. ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 Senate leaders have drafted a bill for the settlement of the Brownsville question, wnicn meets wltn the approval of President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker.; - -' '' " . "! It provides for the appointment of a commission of general officers to consider all applications of the discharged negro soldiers for re-enlistment. The conclusions of the commission are not to be final, but must be submitted to the war department for review. In the event the commission finds that there Is no evidence to applicant for re-enlistment with the Brownsville affray, the applicant is to be restored to service In the army. The bill has not yet been made public. RIDER'S CASE WITH JURY Opinions of Jurors Widely Di vergent in Marshall Case. fBr Aeeoclated Preaa te State Journal.l UNION CITY. Tenn., Jan. 27. At 11 tonight announcement was made , to Judge Jones that no report could be expected from the Jury considering the case of Ed Marshall, alleged night rider, charged with murder.in connec tion with lynching of Capt. Quentln Rahken, before tomorrow. i; After deliberating for six hours, it is! stated that the opinKVns of the hirers as to the innocence or guilt of the ac-' cused man are widely divergent,: , President Names Commission to Make Suggestions After Newberry Issues Order. ACTION SURPRISE Roosevelt and Conferees Had Given Newberry's Plan Their. Entire Approval. tBy AeocIated Prena to State Journal J WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.PrMn Roosevelt is of the onlnlon that th organization of the navy department ia mn sucn as to bring the . best remila and today he appointed a committee. nose duty will be to "consider per. tain needs of the navy." The Dresl- dent's action was somewhat of a sur prise in view of the fact llul th. embers of the commission aDDolnted today, two weeks ago met at Washington and indorsed Secretary Newberry's plan of reorganization, and in lew also of the authorization bv the senate of an inquiry Into naval ex- enaitures, the conduct of business and the need,. If any, of legislation to improve the administration nf the nw department. Secretary Newberry today issued an order carrying out his proposed plan, with particular reference to the navy-yards, and he appeared to be the most surjlrlsed of all. His first information on the subject came to him from the press. . - The president has sent identical letters to each of the eight members of the commission, which is headed by i-aui Morton, a former 8rrtrv of the navy, the other memW h ring Justice Moody, aleo a former sacrctary ui tne navy; Judge A. G. Cayton, formerly chairman of the house naval affairs committee, and Rear; Admirals S. B. Luce, A. T. Mahan, William M. Folger; -Rebley t. Evans' and William ..l-ow es' a11 whom.1 are on the retired list. .... , . Letter to Commission Members. The letter Is as follows: '' . January 27, 1909. My Dear Sir: I have appointed you as a member of a. commission to consider certain needs of the navy. The organization of the department is not now such as to bring the best results, and there is a failure to co-ordinate the work of the bureaus and to make the department serve the one end for which It was created, that is, the development and handling of a first-class fighting fleet. With this . proposition in view, I will ask you to consider: il Ali, deferts In the law under wh icli the navy department is now organlied, including especially the defects by which the authority of cmefs of oureaus is made in certain respects practically equal to that of the secretary or the president. t. Ihe division of responsibility and consequent lack ofco-ordination in the preparations for war and conduct of war. : " 3. The functions of . certain bureaus, as to see whether it isv not possible to consolidate them. 4. The necessity of providing the secretary of tne navy with military advisers, who ana responsible to lilm for co-ordinating the work ' of the bureaus and for preparation for war. Military Character Recognised. 6. The necessity for economical allotment and disbursement of appropriations and for a system whioh will insure strict accountability. . 6. Finally, I want your views as to how oeat o recognize and emphasize the strictly military character of the navy, so that preparations for war shall be controlled under the secretary by the military branch of the navy, which bears the responsibility for the successful conduct of war operations. . 1 wish to have the above BUblects considered , under two general heads?' First, as to the fundamental principles of an organization that will insure an efficient preparation ' for war in time of peace, a separate report under this head to be submitted at the earliest practicable date. Second, specific recommendations as to the changes In the present organization that will accomplish this result, the report under this ,Ued to submitted later. In addition to the aaove reports, I desire your recommendation as to the number, location and general facilities of the navyyards which. ations in time of war and for maintaining the fleet in constant readiness for war In time of peace. Sincerely yours, , THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Preceding bv several houna the Ident's announcement wna fha feas ance of a general order by Secretary Newberry, which had been approved by the president, designed to carry Into effect the secretary's naval reorganl-. aaHnn rtlnna sn fa.r ntt thev naitaln ia the navyyards and naval stations. us general purporx is to consolidate the manufAnturlnar fnrra at tin wira rr). and its effect will be to make the commandant, while as heretofore, paramount, resemble In his connection with yaro. worn, me prestaeni or a large tnrinntrlnl r1fl.nt the nrtnstnn! tAi-hhl-; cal assistant becoming, under the com mandant, tne general manager. Newberry Explains Plan. Canpatnrv' N'BWhprrr rtnilflv Wis public, an elaborate explanation of his plan for reorganization of the navy department, which recently , received tVia nnufilmniifl onnrnvnl rf a r..n f j ence of men who have been prominent In naval affairs, called together at the direction of the president. Aa has already been stated, the essential features contemplate the abolishment of the brueau system at the navyyards, . to the end that unnecessary work may be avoided and simpler methods of administration prevail, ' the enlargement of the general board of the navy and the reorganization of the board on construction, so that there may be more 1 complete co-ordination In the work ot the navy department and more general representation on these important boards.. . .-iv. -..'..v t ; To develop the vsefulnesr and activities of the general board by rearranging Its membership is desirable, Mr. consist of the admiral of the navy, the